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medieval DamascusAdh-Dhababi’s Record of the Destruction of Damascus by the Mongols in 1299-1301

Translated by Joseph Somogyi

Published in: Ignace Goldziher Memorial Volume, Part 1, edited by Samuel Lowinger and Joseph Somogyi (Budapest, 1948)

This article contains an account of two Mongol attacks on Damascus in the years 1299-1301 (699-700 AH), written by an eyewitness.

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